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“Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” – John F Kennedy

What is a futurist? I get asked that all the time. No, we don’t have crystal balls. It’s not so much about predicting the future as it is about helping steer humanity to a better future. This week’s news of the future kicks off with a new video by British futurist Ray Hammond that provides a succinct historical perspective on the study of the future.

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FutureThinking–From Roger Bacon to Alvin Toffler and Ray Kurzweill, Ray Hammond’s new video on The History of Futurists and Futurology provides a thoughtful perspective on thinking about things to come.

–And from last year’s annual meeting of The Association of Professional Futurists, my Seeking Delphi podcast, redux, asking the practitioners themselves, What is a Futurist?

The Human Condition–Millennium Project CEO and State of The Future lead author, Jerome Glenn, says that we have done better than most people expected. He goes so far as to say, in the latest Seeking Delphi™ interview linked below, that “we are winning as a species.” He does acknowledge critical issues that could derail the trajectory of progress, however.

“I could have gone on flying in space forever”–Yuri Gagarin

Move over, Buck Rogers. The U.S. administration wants to build a space force. With budget deficits approaching 10 figures, it could just be posturing–or wishful thinking. Elon Musk inisists he isn’t posturing on getting to Mars, though. He’s all over the space news this week–for a change.

While you’re reading about all this week’s future-related news, don’t forget that you can subscribe to Seeking Delphi™ podcasts on iTunes, PlayerFM, or YouTube(audio with slide show) and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook

The Human Condition–Millennium Project CEO and State of The Future lead author, Jerome Glenn, says that we have done better than most people expected. He goes so far as to say, in this Seeking Delphi™ interview linked below, that “we are winning as a species.” He does acknowledge critical issues that could derail the trajectory of progress, however.

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”–Edgar Bergen

The future of work is a very “now” debate. While many see an A.I. job-killing armageddon over the next 10-20 years, others are more sanguine. This week’s stories include some new published points of view that lean to the more optimistic side.

While you’re reading about all this week’s future-related news, don’t forget that you can subscribe to Seeking Delphi™ podcasts on iTunes, PlayerFM, or YouTube(audio with slide show) and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook

Automation/Future of Work–Worried about losing your job to A.I, robotics, or some such form of automation? According to this report in Next Big Future,the 2020’s AND 2030’S could see a tech-driven economic boom. Maybe it won’t be so bad.

Coming Soon–The next Seeking Delphi™ podcast will feature and interview with Jerome Glenn, co-founder and executive director of The Millennium Project, on their most recent edition of The State of The Future.

“I believe we are on the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.”–Elon Musk

Yeah, well, ol’ Elon would say that. His SpaceX venture is heavily invested and involved, both with NASA and other space faring concerns, and is somewhere between trying to colonize Mars long term and actually turning a profit, near term. But in the final analysis, what they seem to be locked into is a race with Boeing to launch the first commercial manned space vehicle, and thus get back to where NASA was over 50 years ago.

While you’re reading about all this week’s future-related news, don’t forget that you can subscribe to Seeking Delphi™ podcasts on iTunes, PlayerFM, or YouTube(audio with slide show) and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook

While you’re reading about all this week’s future-related news, don’t forget that you can subscribe to Seeking Delphi™ podcasts on iTunes, PlayerFM, or YouTube(audio with slide show) and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company won a bid to provide underground transportation from downtown Chicago to O’Hare international airport. According to Musk, the high-speed electric vehicle system should be completed within 3 years.

“For the wise man looks into space and knows there is no limited dimensions.”–Lao Tzu

After decades of glacial progress, the space age is about to re-accelerate. And the big players are not just NASA and the Russian space agency. Space Commerce–private enterprise–is set to lead the way.

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“Amazon is definitely serious about delivering its goods by an autonomous air force.”–Steven Levy

Autonomous cars. Self-navigating boats. Self-flying drones. Ah, if only there was a self-writing blog; I would sleep in more often. The vehicles of the future are all over the news this week. Let’s catch up.

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—MIT, ever in the forefront of just about everything and anything autonomous and robotic, has a new invention. It’s a 3-D printed autonomous boat. The hope is it might help clear up urban road congestion. No mention yet of urban waterway congestion, though.